Genesis 8:20-9:29; Job 11:1-12:25; Matthew 6:1-18
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. 1 John 3:14
Practical Christianity must be motivated by love. Nothing else will suffice. Love is at the centre of our faith: the love of God in giving His Son for us; the love of our Lord in dying for us; the love of the Spirit implanted in us, and the love of believers for the Lord and each other. True holy love for one another endures through deep waters of rejection and discouragement. Faith motivated by love for Christ means we do not give up as we seek to bless and help our brothers and sisters. —Gaius C. Goff
Christian pity moves our heart,
Through the love of Christ;
Others’ woes pierce like a dart
When there’s love to Christ.—William Reid